The Ordeal

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Watched With: Jordan, Michael, Alex

A great little horrorish thriller from Belgium a few years back. A slow build to a very tragic and sick romance. A film that's probably more interested in its villains than its protagonist.

It's a slow moving kind of dread. One of those situations where you're trying to get away but going nowhere and things keep getting worse. I find the situation rather amusing however the way it is executed is certainly not played for laughs. In fact it's pretty darn sick.

There's some real deliverance country stuff going on here behind closed doors. however the way the film is shot it's just ever so slightly more abstracted. I get the feeling that every single person the protagonist encounters wants exactly the same thing from him and the whole film is his journey from unwillingness to give himself over to finally letting go, for whatever reason.

It's tragic, horrifying and also slightly amusing thanks to some great performances. A favourite of mine.